Arizona Court Upholds Life Insurance Co. of No. America (CIGNA) Disability Benefit Denial
In Anderson v. Life Insurance Company of North America (LINA), the Arizona federal court upheld LINA’s denial of short term and long term disability benefits to the plaintiff even though it acknowledged the medical evidence supported her claim to be suffering from numerous medical symptoms. The fact that she suffered from these symptoms did not qualify her for disability benefits when, according to the court, “The record demonstrates that Anderson’s symptoms, at their worst, caused her no greater than mild impairment or slightly below average cognitive performance. In light of that level of impairment, Anderson fails to carry her burden of establishing her inability to continue performing her duties as an account manager.”
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